Medieval Nubia
Subtitle: a social and economic history
By: Giovanni R. Ruffini
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780199891634
Subjects: Sources; History; Civilization; Antiquities; Land tenure
Description: The first full-length study of the social and economic history of medieval Nubia, this book uses unpublished indigenous Old Nubian documentary sources to reveal a complex society that blended Greco-Roman legal traditions with African festive practices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Qasr Ibrim and Christian Nubia; title: Qasr Ibrim's land sales; title: Mashshouda and Archive 3; title: The historiography of Nubian land tenure; title: Nubian land sales as a legal genre; title: Nubian land sales as ceremony; title: Nubia's legal tradition; title: Money, rent, taxes and investment; title: Qasr Ibrim's other archives; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix 1: The chronology of Archive 3.